Hello MedBooster, thank you for your comment.
MedBooster wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:15 pm
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what do you mean by the settings not being saved?
Since there are no settings in the Preferences dialog etc., it is only possible to hide the scrollbars for a file that is opened with the option at that time. Files opened in other tabs will still show scrollbars, so if you want to hide them, you will need to set them each time you open the file. That is what I meant above.
MedBooster wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:15 pm
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Are you not prompted to save unsaved files you have open if this relaunches PDF-XCE?
When you execute the launch command with the command option, you are not restarting the application, so even if the file is unsaved, the file will still be open and the scrollbar will just be hidden. The contents of the file will remain intact, so it is safe. However, if you have just created a new file and the location and file name have not yet been determined, the icon for the launch command with the "/A scrollbar=0" option will be grayed out and cannot be pressed. So, in order to hide the scrollbar, at the very least, the file must be saved at least once, since only the save location and file name need to be determined.
In any case, as you can see, it is just a very simple setup and should therefore be safe to use.
You can relax some of limitations in PDF-XChange Editor by specifying PDF-XChange Editor itself or a portable version of PDF-XChange Editor in the launch command, as shown here.
The fact that bugs are often found related to the "/A scrollbar=0" option (
here and
here) suggests that many users may not yet know how to do this. I hope that more users will hide the scrollbar, and that someday a dedicated configuration option will be added to the PDF-XChange Editor itself.
Best regards,
rakunavi
